Improvement in wash-bowls



PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM WESTLAKE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

iMPRovEMEN-r IN wAsH-BowLs.

Specification forming partof Letters Patent No. 122,089, dated December19, 1871.

Io all whom 'it may concer-n:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM WEsTLAnE, of the city of Chicago, in thecounty of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a certain new anduseful Improvement in VVash-Bowls, ot which the following is a fulldescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawing making apart of this'specification, in which- Figure l is a top View; Fig. 2, aVertical seetion without the lining; Fig. 3, a vertical section with thelining; Fig. 4, a vertical section ol' the lining.

My object is to manufacture a cheap but durable wash-basin for commonuse; and it consists in providing the interior, or a portion thereof, ofa common Washbasin with a lining which will resist the action of soapand Water more eectually than the basin itself. Common wasbbasins arenoW usually made of tin stamped up, and theT very soon wear out or rustout.

In the drawing, A represents a common tin basin. a is a lining of thinsheet metal; brass or copper may be used-I prefer copperand as theverdigris which forms on copper injuriously affects tin, it isladvisable to use sheet copper which has been tinned on one side, atleast, plac-A ing the tinned side in contact with the basin. This liningneed not extend up but a short distance, as seen in thedrawing, as thewear is at or near the bottom of the basin. stamped or spun up in theexact forni ofthe basin into which it is to be placed, and is solderedin place most conveniently by the process known to the trade as sweatingA little solder ma)T be placed on the bottoni ofthe basin beneath thelining, to render it more iirm and secure at that point.

The completed basin will benearly as durable as a basin Wholly ofcopper, and will be much l less expensive.

NVbat I claim as new is as follows: As a new article of manufacture, awash-basin having its body composed of tin, with a thin sheet ofnon-corrosive metal solderedover the inner surface of its bottom,substantially as described.

WILLIAM WESTLAKE.

Witnesses E. A. WEST,

O. W. BOND. (8)

It is to be.

